Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-02-28

ruarv 25th, although his exact where
abouts are not known. The last let
tiers from him were written in Rome,
and report his health improving.
Lowell.
@. @. Skinner has the agency for
s'McClellan's Own Story" and will
canvass Barton this week for the in
teresting book.
Newport
Samuel Bowley is very sick with
pneumonia.
The ladies of the NJ. E. church
will furnish a good dinner in the YES
try on town meeting day for 20 cents.
A. j. White will start up his sash
and door shop the first of March, and
with competent workmen will attend
to the wants of his patrons as form
erlv, although his injured hand is far
from being well.
Very interesting quarterly meeting
services were held in the NJ. E..
church the goth. Rev. S. Donald
son, the presiding elder, preached a
very able and practical sermon from
the text, ''He that is unjust, let him
| be unjust still, etc"
Last Tuesday a man named Cham
paign, while shingling a house, fell
from the roof and lodged in bank
of snow, but was not seriously in
jured. He got up, brushed the snow
off, shouldered a bunch of shingles
and went back to his work as though
nothing had happened.
| Troy
There were 81 marriages in town
in 1886.
G. W. Aiken is getting in a
large lot of logs this winter.
Willie Hodsden is sick with brain
fever; Ned. Boyden is laid up for
repairs.
South Troy.
The school in district No. 9, taught
by Miss Nelly Daniels closed Friday,
February 18th. The scholars having
no marks were Rose WOodcock,
Clinton Woodcock, Forrest Fifeld,
Willie Powers, Winnie Powers, DOlor
Maloney, Allen Ball, Leon Bean.
Nettie Batchelder was absent but one
day, there being a severe storm. The
pupils gave an entertainment in the
evening which was well attended and
was pronounced a success.
e-tmOs.e.
Willard Leland recently had quite
a severe shock of paralysis.
Mrs. j. W. Hyde has gone to
Manchester to attend the funeral of
her niece.
Fred Cheney and others of Barton,
have bought the old mill near the
upper end of the lake and will con-
vert it into a summer house.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
st. .JOhn~buH-V.
The sale of unclaimed railroad bag
gage will be held at Lyndonville, March
5.
w. E. Dizan whose trial for child
| murder created so much excitement last
| month, has been re-arrested on the same
| charge. An important witness who
could not be reached at the last trial has
| been secured and it is expected that the
hearing will take place within day or
two.
a series of evangeIistiC meetings will
be held at the Free Baptist church begin
ming Tuesday evening and continuing
through the week. The pastor will be
assisted by Rev. c. S. Perkins of Lyn-
don, Rev. NJ. Atwood of North Danville,
and others if the interest should demand.
Services begin at 100 O'Clock, and IA
cordial invitation is extended to all.
West Burke.
N. J. Washburn and wife have gone to
Fitchburg, Mass, where he has charge of
construction train.
ESdras Burns was taken suddenly III
Monday morning while at the station.
He was unable to be removed to his
home until Tuesday. He is more COM
forta BILE.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Otis started for
their pew home in Kansas Wednesday
morning. They win be much missed in
the community and especially in the NJ.
E. church, Masonic and Good Templars'
lodges of which they were active mem
berS.
The Sd District Union, l. o. G. T., will
meet with Harmony Lodge at West Burke
on Saturday, March 5th; afternoon SEES
sion, private, open at 80, p. M; even
ing session will be public, beginning at
6 AS. All friends of temperance are cor
daily invited to be present at the evening
session.
East Burke.
Miss Susie Gregory has sister visiting
her.
James Newell and family have gone to
Springfield, Mass, TO live.
The village school, taught by Miss
Nellie Colby, closed on Friday p. N. with
very interesting literary exercises.
A large number of the PARISH Oners of
Rev. ]. Mcdonald assembled at the par
sonage Tuesday afternoon and evening
and gave Mr.. Mcdonald and wife Sc
we're pounding, for which they seemed
very grateful.
LyndOnville-
Without doubt the best entertainment
given at Music Hall this season, was Civ
en- by the Thespians of Barton Landing
on Wednesday evening last. They gave
their Grand Army Drama Forced to the
War" to a very large and apprecative